A share price of Humana Inc. [HUM] is currently trading at $251.44, up 2.44%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The HUM shares have gain 4.00% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -23.39%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
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From an analyst’s perspective:
Humana Inc. [NYSE: HUM] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on October 08, 2024, when Bernstein upgraded its rating to a Outperform but kept the price target unchanged to $308 for it. Previously, TD Cowen downgraded its rating to Hold on October 07, 2024, and dropped its price target to $261. On October 07, 2024, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Hold and revised its price target to $253 on the stock. Piper Sandler downgraded its rating to a Neutral and decreased its price target to $274 on October 03, 2024. Stephens downgraded its rating to a Equal-Weight and reduced its price target to $250 on October 02, 2024. Leerink Partners downgraded its rating to Market Perform for this stock on October 02, 2024, and downed its price target to $250. In a note dated October 02, 2024, BofA Securities downgraded an Underperform rating on this stock and revised its target price from $376 to $247.
Humana Inc. experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $213.31 and $530.54. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $455.65 within the next 12 months. Humana Inc. [NYSE: HUM] shares were valued at $251.44 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 81.22% based on the average HUM price forecast.
Analyzing the HUM fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Humana Inc. [NYSE:HUM] were 112.04B which represents 10.44% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.88% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.03%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.02%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.02%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.1 and Total Capital is 0.1. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 0.77.
Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 247.20 points at the first support level, and at 242.95 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 253.98, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 256.51.
Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Humana Inc. [NYSE:HUM] is 1.66. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 0.27, the price to book ratio is 1.82 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 17.92.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Mesquita Jorge S., Director, that happened on Feb 20 ’24 when 545.0 shares were purchased.
